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  • #31
    Well I've been in the RDF for 2 years now, and I still don't have a set of nametags. (other than my old BA ones, with I've put a velcro backing on, naughty, I know )

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    • #32
      I'm looking to get around 93 name tags. I need somewhere that could do this type of order.

      And yes that is naughty
      Do today for tomorrow it might be illegal

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      • #33
        Originally posted by Celtic Lady View Post
        I'm looking to get around 93 name tags. I need somewhere that could do this type of order.

        And yes that is naughty
        A shop on ebay does it.


        Ridiculously expensive though! €25 for 5 of them!!!!

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        • #34
          Originally posted by Celtic Lady View Post
          I'm looking to get around 93 name tags. I need somewhere that could do this type of order.
          Textile Print & Embroidery in Limerick also do name tags. I think they are about €4 each. They have supplied the Military College in the past.
          They also do Rank Marking etc.

          Textile Print & Embroidery Ltd is a specialist supplier of personalised goods, workwear, sportswear and club leisurewear, supplying both the largest and smallest companies in the region.


          It is not on their website but if you ring them up, they will sort it out for you. Ask for Barry or Ciaran.

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          • #35
            Thank you. I got some done about 1/5 years ago by the place in Ballymount but they increased their price by a ridiculous amount.
            Do today for tomorrow it might be illegal

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            • #36
              I got the a set of Silver Stitch Ones 15euro if i remember rightly, they are nearly perfect, im only using them on wetgear, rucksacks and the like not everyday uniform but id say they would pass for issue ones!!
              Train Hard Fight Easy!!!!

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              • #37
                Originally posted by Celtic Lady View Post
                I'm looking to get around 93 name tags. I need somewhere that could do this type of order.

                And yes that is naughty
                Why do you want your name on 93 items?

                On a serious note, don't bother with blood group tags, people. Nobody who issues blood or hooks it up to you will or should take a blind bit of notice of what it says on a nametag. Apart from anything else, how do they know it is your jacket? And as the risk of dying from being given a random bag of blood is 1 in 5 (and pretty much 100% if you are an incompatible blood group to the one you are given), the checks get done before transfusion.

                If it is urgent and they have it to hand, they will give you a bag or two of O rh -ve, and an emergency crossmatch takes six minutes, IV Haemacel will buy you that much time. (I used to do it for a living, trust me!)
                'He died who loved to live,' they'll say,
                'Unselfishly so we might have today!'
                Like hell! He fought because he had to fight;
                He died that's all. It was his unlucky night.
                http://www.salamanderoasis.org/poems...nnis/luck.html

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                • #39
                  Originally posted by DeV View Post
                  Had the discussion on ARRSE already. Serving medics backed me up. But if it looks ally, people want it!

                  Last edited by Flamingo; 22 December 2010, 01:56.
                  'He died who loved to live,' they'll say,
                  'Unselfishly so we might have today!'
                  Like hell! He fought because he had to fight;
                  He died that's all. It was his unlucky night.
                  http://www.salamanderoasis.org/poems...nnis/luck.html

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                  • #40
                    Just get an ordinary name tag and scribble your blood type on the end of it.

                    Simples.

                    Besides section commander if he's doing his job will have your details on his section Orbat card.
                    To close with and kill the enemy in all weather conditions, night and day and over any terrain

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                    • #41
                      Originally posted by HavocIRL View Post
                      Just get an ordinary name tag and scribble your blood type on the end of it.

                      Simples.

                      Besides section commander if he's doing his job will have your details on his section Orbat card.
                      Which will be ignored at the hospital, as nothing except O -ve will be issued until a crossmatch has been done.

                      Keep up
                      'He died who loved to live,' they'll say,
                      'Unselfishly so we might have today!'
                      Like hell! He fought because he had to fight;
                      He died that's all. It was his unlucky night.
                      http://www.salamanderoasis.org/poems...nnis/luck.html

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                      • #42
                        Originally posted by Flamingo View Post
                        Which will be ignored at the hospital, as nothing except O -ve will be issued until a crossmatch has been done.

                        Keep up
                        Any briefing by any medic I've ever had regarding this says the same thing over and over again.

                        Write blood type on your name tag, field dressing, helmet.

                        Any exercise I've ever done where theres a simulated casualty the DS always quizzes us on our battlefield first aid. One of the questions which always comes up is :

                        'What information do you have on the patient? Name, blood type, allergies. Best SOP I've seen on these in units is to write this information on the field dressing. Everyone has one and chances are if you're wounded field dressing will be the first bit of kit used and hey presto all the important info is written on it.

                        Although I think the British practice of Zip(Zap?) numbers is quite efficient. As I understand it someone gets hit, their zip number is radioed back to Ops and they have all the pertinent information at hand.
                        To close with and kill the enemy in all weather conditions, night and day and over any terrain

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                        • #43
                          I'm saying that blood will never be transfused (except for O -ve) without a crossmatch.

                          Anybody who does so is at best a negligent idiot who shouldn't be allowed any responsibility over and above deciding which bedpan to clean first, at worst someone who likes playing Russian Roulette.

                          Whatever you get asked / told to do by medics is immaterial.

                          Trust me, there is very little I claim to have been an expert on in my life, but Blood Transfusion is one thing I could. I can PM you my CV if you don't believe me!
                          'He died who loved to live,' they'll say,
                          'Unselfishly so we might have today!'
                          Like hell! He fought because he had to fight;
                          He died that's all. It was his unlucky night.
                          http://www.salamanderoasis.org/poems...nnis/luck.html

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                          • #44
                            Originally posted by Flamingo View Post
                            I'm saying that blood will never be transfused (except for O -ve) without a crossmatch.

                            Anybody who does so is at best a negligent idiot who shouldn't be allowed any responsibility over and above deciding which bedpan to clean first, at worst someone who likes playing Russian Roulette.

                            Whatever you get asked / told to do by medics is immaterial.

                            Trust me, there is very little I claim to have been an expert on in my life, but Blood Transfusion is one thing I could. I can PM you my CV if you don't believe me!
                            Thats fair enough, I'm not doubting your credentials or your experience. All I'm trying to say is that its good drills to have your blood type on show for a medic or first aider who comes to your aid.

                            You never know if it will come in handy. Whats to say you'll be medevaced to a hospital with proper facilities?

                            What if its a triage situation and they don't have time to do a blood test?

                            The minutes saved figuring out your blood type could be used to save your life.

                            Doesn't take much to scribble O+ NKA on your field dressing/name tag/helmet but it could in some cases be the difference between life and death.

                            Just my two cents.
                            To close with and kill the enemy in all weather conditions, night and day and over any terrain

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                            • #45
                              Originally posted by Flamingo View Post
                              I'm saying that blood will never be transfused (except for O -ve) without a crossmatch.

                              Anybody who does so is at best a negligent idiot who shouldn't be allowed any responsibility over and above deciding which bedpan to clean first, at worst someone who likes playing Russian Roulette.

                              Whatever you get asked / told to do by medics is immaterial.

                              Trust me, there is very little I claim to have been an expert on in my life, but Blood Transfusion is one thing I could. I can PM you my CV if you don't believe me!

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